List of IllustrationsPrologue Introduction: California on the Eve of War Part I: A World at War1. The Great Adventure: California Men at War2. "Those Splendid Women": California Women OverseasPart II: On the Home Front3. Protecting the State4. War and the California Economy5. In the Home Trenches6. Disease and WarPart III: Social Controls and Legal Constraints7. Guardians of Loyalty: The American Protective League in California, 1917--19198. The Supreme Struggle: Civil Liberties at Risk in Wartime CaliforniaEpilogue Chronology Appendix 1. US Military Installations in California during World War I Appendix 2. Central Committee Organizations, Women's Committee, State Council of Defense of California Notes Selected Bibliography Acknowledgments Index